Race, socioeconomic status, and ...
Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans on the 29th of August 2005 and displaced virtually the entire population of the city. Soon after, observers pred ...
Deseeatrcehrminants of psycholo ...
Background: The goal of this study was to collect information to inform the design of a mental health response following the massive December 2004 ea ...
IRmeseaprcah ct of resilience e ...
The objective of this study was to evaluate a resilience-enhancing program for youth (mean age = 13.32 years) from Beslan, North Ossetia, in the Russ ...
Resilience after Hurricane Katr ...
Background—Although disaster causes distress, many disaster victims do not develop long-term psychopathology. Others report benefits after traumatic ...
Responding to the Needs of Chil ...
Disasters may negatively influence caregivers’ ability to respond to the needs of their families. In this context, service organizations’ response to ...
Risk factors for posttraumatic ...
Background: It is important to understand which factors increase the risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adolescents. Previous studies ha ...
RPeoseasrcthtraumatic growth, p ...
Background: Although some previous studies have suggested that posttraumatic growth (PTG) is comprised of several factors with different properties, ...
RResaeaprcihd ar tHicleealth an ...
Background: Publichealth care providers, stakeholders and policy makers request a rapid insight into health status and needs of the affected populati ...
SChohrta Rerpaocrtteristics and ...
Background: Although typhoid transmitted by food and water is a common problem in daily life, its characteristics and risk factors may differ in disa ...
State Courts and Public Health: ...
Laws and regulations can facilitate or impede emergency preparedness and response activities. State legislators, judges, and lawyers play critically ...
Nurses: Are We Ready for a Disa ...
Disasters challenge nurses at all levels and specialties to examine their level of knowledge, skills, and preparedness. The momentum for nursing to ...
The Evidence Base for Effective ...
Objectives. In 2007, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) commissioned an Evidence-Based Gaps Collaboration Group to consider whethe ...
The Impact of Disaster on HIV i ...
In recognition of the public health crisis in Haiti, the Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (JANAC) plans to publish a themed issue on ...
The Impact of Disasters on Popu ...
Context—A disaster is indiscriminate in whom it affects. Limited research has shown that the poor and medically underserved, especially in rural area ...
The mental health of population ...
Background: Large disasters affect people who live both near and far from the areas in which they occur. The mental health impact is expected to be s ...
The psychological well-being of ...
Background: On 26 April 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant suffered an accident. Several areas of central Norway were heavily affected by far fi ...
The role of non-governmental or ...
Background: Following disasters, separated and unaccompanied children are among the most vulnerable, therefore international organisations have forme ...
Using administrative data to es ...
After a large scale evacuation, authorities need to know the new and frequently changing population distributions in order to meet needs for housing, ...
Using Gaming Simulation to Eva ...
Objective. We performed an outcome evaluation of the impact of public health preparedness training as a group comparison posttest design to determine ...
Management matters: the link be ...
Some hospital trusts and health authorities consistently outperformothers on different dimensions of performance. Why? There is some evidence that ...
Pre-hospital management of burn ...
Objective: To determine the current policies and practice of UK fire services for the management of burns patients. Methods: Structured telephone qu ...
Study of community acquired pne ...
Background—Since the last British study of the microbial aetiology of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) about 20 years ago, new organisms have bee ...
Web 2.0 and Internet Social Net ...
Background: Internet social networking tools and the emerging web 2.0 technologies are providing a new way for web users and health workers in inform ...
Role of biomarkers in assessmen ...
Objective The aim of the study was to find out if single time point and estimated cumulative release of cardiac troponin T (cTnT) and creatine kinas ...
Efficacy of clove powder soluti ...
Effects of clove powder solution on stress response were investigated in juvenile common carp. Juvenile common carp (about 10 g in weight), reared i ...